The internal microstructure and fibrous mineralogy of fly ash from coal-burning power stations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3324-3333

  Brown, Patrick ^a,b   Jones, Tim ^a   Bérubé, Kelly ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal fly ash; Fibrous mullite; Geochemistry; Microstructure; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COAL FLY ASH; COAL-BURNING; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MINERAL COMPONENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POWER STATION; RESPIRABLE PARTICLES; RESPIRATORY HAZARDS; XRD;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLY ASH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MULLITE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS; SILICATE MINERALS;

COAL ASH;

COAL;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PORCELLANITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLY ASH; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LASER DIFFRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHINA; COAL; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAND; POWER PLANTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80053619902     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.041     Document Type: Article

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